Our experience with COVID-19 is highlighting the urgent need to do much more to prevent chronic diseases, according to Emma Lonsdale, Executive Officer, Australian Chronic Disease Prevention... Read more
The United Kingdom’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been widely critiqued and even Prime Minister Boris Johnson has acknowledged that it could have been handled “different... Read more
Every week, a different guest tweeter takes charge of Croakey’s rotated, curated Twitter account, @WePublicHealth, and uses the account to cover specific health issues or events. Last week,... Read more
In her latest edition of The Health Wrap, Dr Lesley Russell reports on the latest developments in coronavirus research, the pandemic’s implications for people with HIV/AIDS and wider g... Read more
Ainslie Sartori, Kelly Kennington and Melissa Ledger write: We have already seen how the alcohol industry has been able to shift its marketing tactics to focus on the current pandemic at bre... Read more
In her latest edition of The Health Wrap, Dr Lesley Russell looks at coronavirus issues, including the impact of obesity, Italian insights on asymptomatic infection, concern about what is ha... Read more
Gary Sacks, Christina Zorbas and Kathryn Backholer write: This year’s Australian of the Year, Dr James Muecke, is an eye specialist with a clear vision. He wants to change the way the world... Read more
In this fortnight’s edition of The Health Wrap, Dr Lesley Russell ponders the reporting of the Australian bushfire crisis in the US and climate change mitigation strategies in Colorado... Read more
In the first Health Wrap of 2020, Dr Lesley Russell looks back at the issues on the health agenda in 2019 (and sadly for many years, if not decades, before this) and provides an overview of... Read more
Rates of obesity are high among Aboriginal children, but there is a lack of policies, guidelines and programs to tackle the issue, according to a new paper published in Public Health Researc... Read more
